IKAR: the export potential for grains this year is higher than expected

However, realizing it may be difficult. The export potential for grain this year is higher than expected, but realizing it may be difficult. This was stated by the director general of the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR), Dmitry Rylko, at the XXV annual conference of "Agroinvestor" "Agroholdings of Russia - 2025". "Until mid-July, the grain market was within the framework of the concept of a 'compact harvest' of grains in general and wheat in particular," the expert emphasized. But then it became clear that the gross harvest would be "quite large." The wheat harvest, according to IKAR, could amount to 88.5-89 million tons. "This year, Russia has, to its misfortune, harvested a record grain legume crop, and the record was set for each of the three key crops. We have also increased our estimates for the corn harvest to 16 million tons," Rylko listed. He estimates the total gross harvest of grains and legumes this year to be more than 139 million tons. Accordingly, ...